E&Y to launch legal services in China

Online sources reveal that accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) is in the process of launching a legal services unit in China through the acquisition of Shanghai-based Chen & Co. The move will be seen as...

News from the DIFC Courts

·        The DIFC Courts recently welcomed an official delegation from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice and Supreme Judicial Council. The visit by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice and Supreme Judicial Council, under the umbrella of...

Firms to advise fast-food chain company

Clyde & Co and Eversheds will advise Yum! Brands, the company behind Pizza Hut and KFC, for the first time having been appointed as part of a new eight-firm panel in the UK. The firms will...

Shell appoints new legal director

Royal Dutch Shell has appointed Donny Ching as its new legal director with immediate effect. Former-barrister Ching has been based in Rijswijk in the Netherlands as general counsel for Shell’s project and technology group, which provides...

Firm steers Google away from billion-dollar EU fine

Google’s long-standing competition adviser Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has helped the search giant avoid a fine of up to £3bn from the EU’s Competition Commission according to The Lawyer.The European Commission announced last month an agreement with Google in order...

FNC approves draft law on child rights

In merger talks

The Lawyer reported that Speechly Bircham is in preliminary merger talks with six-office firm Charles Russell in a move that would propel the combined outfit into the top 25 firms by turnover according to The Lawyer UK200.The...

Citigroup arbitration win over ADIA upheld

Last month, A US appeals court rejected the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s effort to void Citigroup Inc’s arbitration win in a dispute over USD7.5 bliion investment in the bank less than a year before the 2008...

Anti-smoking law comes into effect

Local dailies reported that strict rules curbing the sale and advertisement of tobacco come into force last month in UAE. The legislation makes it illegal to smoke in a vehicle when a child under 12 is...

DIFC Courts’ new enforcement department

The UAE’s position as a global dispute resolution hub was strengthened with the launch of the DIFC Courts Enforcement Department. Operating under the leadership of HE Judge Omar Al Muhairi, the newly formed department has been...